On Wednesday, Senate Republicans defeated an attempt by their Democrat colleagues to undo President Donald Trump’s day-one national emergency declaration.
Members voted 52-47 along party lines. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who is recovering after falling and suffering a brain bleed after hitting the back of his head, missed the vote.
“For the last four years, American energy production was crippled by a woke, green agenda,” Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) said in a post to X on Wednesday as the effort met defeat.
He added: “President Trump’s energy emergency declaration takes the necessary steps to reverse Democrats’ Green New Deal and prioritize our domestic energy and natural resources.”
On the first day of his second term in the White House, Trump signed the national emergency declaration, which ordered agencies to boost energy domestic production and infrastructure.
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